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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — The two newest additions to the Austin Peay football team will be able to share tales about one of college football’s top coaches, Nick Saban, in their new locker room.

Oh and of course how it feels to win a national championship.

Kicker Nick Gauna and long snapper Alex Harrelson are graduate transfers from Alabama who were part of the team that won the 2015 national championship.

Both have one year of eligibility and joined the team this week.

The walk-on duo comes as a package deal to help round out the special teams unit that includes Logan Birchfield, Devon Stuart and Jarret Giacchino.

“It’ll be a lot of fun to play one last go around together,” Gauna said.

Harrelson got a chance to see action for Alabama in 2015 when the junior starting long snapper Cole Mazza was out for two games due to “medical reasons,” according to AL.com.

This makes three former SEC players to join the Governors this year, with ex-Kentucky defensive end Lloyd Tubman rounding out the three, and four overall FBS transfers. Wide receiver Tyree Harris, a graduate transfer from Wake Forest, is the fourth.